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People v. Thurman

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided March 5, 1990No. 88SA251PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lohr

The prosecution appeals a judgment of the El Paso County District Court dismissing felony cocaine possession, distribution and conspiracy charges against the defendants, Dorothy W. Thurman, James C. Thurman and Penny Kay Tyler.1 The prosecution asserts that the trial court abused its discretion in ruling that the defendants’ rights to confront the only eyewitness against them, a confidential informant, required that the prosecution comply with the court’s order to divulge the witness’s address and current place of employment despite the witness’s fears for her safety. The trial court ruled…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Smith v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. United States v. Richard AlstonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  5. United States v. Juan Navarro, Andres Mugercia and Guillermo PerdomoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Merritt v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
  2. People v. HarrisSupreme Court of Colorado · 2002
  3. People v. District Court of Colorado's Seventeenth Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
  4. People v. LeeSupreme Court of Colorado · 2001
  5. People v. KnightColorado Court of Appeals · 2006

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